Undergarment Assembly

ABSTRACT

An undergarment assembly for inhibiting bulges resulting from an elastic undergarment includes a garment for wearing over brassiere and beneath clothing. The garment is comprised of a deformable and non-elastic material such that said garment does not constrict when said garment is worn. In this way the garment is inhibited from forming bulges on a user&#39;s torso that may be visible through the clothing. The garment includes a pair of straps and each of the straps is releasably attached to a respective pair of brassiere straps to retain the garment on the user.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention (2) Descriptionof Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to undergarment devices and moreparticularly pertains to a new undergarment device for inhibiting bulgesresulting from an elastic undergarment.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a garment for wearing over brassiere and beneathclothing. The garment is comprised of a deformable and non-elasticmaterial such that said garment does not constrict when said garment isworn. In this way the garment is inhibited from forming bulges on auser's torso that may be visible through the clothing. The garmentincludes a pair of straps and each of the straps is releasably attachedto a respective pair of brassiere straps to retain the garment on theuser.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front view of an undergarment assembly according to anembodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through4 thereof, a new undergarment device embodying the principles andconcepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated bythe reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4, the undergarment assembly 10generally comprises a garment 12 for wearing over a brassiere 14 andbeneath clothing. The brassiere 14 may be a bra and the clothing may bea blouse, a shirt and any other article of clothing commonly worn on awoman's torso 16. The garment 12 is comprised of a deformable andnon-elastic material such that the garment does not constrict when thegarment is worn. Thus, the garment 12 does not create bulges in thewoman's torso that could possibly be visible through the clothing. Thegarment 12 includes a pair of straps 18 and each of the straps 18 isreleasably attached to a respective pair of brassiere straps 19 toretain the garment 12 on a user.

The garment 12 has a top end 20, a bottom end 22 and an outer wall 24extending therebetween. Each of the top end 20 and the bottom end 22 isopen and the outer wall 24 is continuous such that the garment 12 may beworn around the woman's torso 16. Moreover, the outer wall may flareoutwardly between the top end 20 and the bottom end 22 therebyfacilitating the garment to freely flow over the woman's hips 25. Eachof the straps 18 extends upwardly from the top end 20 and has a distalend 26 with respect to the top end 20. Moreover, the straps 18 arespaced apart from each other and are aligned with a front side 28 of thegarment 12.

A pair of first fasteners 32 is provided and each of the first fasteners32 is coupled to a respective one of the straps 18. A pair of secondfasteners 34 is provided and each of the second fasteners 34 is coupledto a respective one of the straps 18. Each of the second fasteners 34 isspaced from the first fastener 32 on the respective strap 18.Additionally, each of the second fasteners 34 releasably engages thefirst fastener 32 on the respective strap 18 to retain each of thestraps 18 in a closed loop around the respective brassiere strap 19.Each of the first 32 and second 34 fasteners may comprise snaps or anyother type of releasable fastener.

In use, the garment 12 is worn around the user's torso 16 over thebrassiere 14. Each of the straps 18 is looped around the respectivebrassiere strap 19 and the first fastener 32 on each strap 18 is coupledto the second fastener 34 on the respective strap 18. Thus, each of thestraps 18 is releasably coupled to the brassiere 14 to retain thegarment 12 on the user's torso 16. The non-elastic property of thegarment combined with the outward flare of the outer wall of the garmentfacilitates the garment to flow freely on the woman. In this way thegarment does not compress against the woman's torso and create bulgesthat could be visible through the clothing when the clothing is wornover the garment 12.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. An undergarment assembly being configured to be worn betweena brassiere and clothing for concealing bulges from the brassiere, saidassembly comprising: a garment for wearing over a brassiere and beneathclothing, said garment being comprised of a deformable and non-elasticmaterial such that said garment does not constrict when said garment isworn wherein said garment is configured to inhibit forming bulges on auser's torso that may be visible through the clothing; and a pair ofstraps, each of said straps being coupled to said garment, each of saidstraps being releasably attached to a respective pair of brassierestraps to retain said garment on a user.
 2. The assembly according toclaim 1, wherein said garment has a top end, a bottom end and an outerwall extending therebetween, said outer wall being continuous such thatsaid garment has a cylindrical shape wherein said garment is configuredto be worn around the user's torso.
 3. The assembly according to claim2, wherein each of said straps extends upwardly from said top end andhaving a distal end with respect to said top end, said straps beingspaced apart from each other and being aligned with a front side of saidgarment.
 4. The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a pairof first fasteners, each of said first fasteners being coupled to arespective one of said straps.
 5. The assembly according to claim 4,further comprising a pair of second fasteners, each of said secondfasteners being coupled to a respective one of said straps, each of saidsecond fasteners being spaced from said first fastener on saidrespective strap, each of said second fasteners releasably engaging saidfirst fastener on said respective strap to retain each of said straps ina closed loop around the respective brassiere strap.
 6. An undergarmentassembly being configured to be worn between a brassiere and clothingfor concealing bulges from the brassiere, said assembly comprising: agarment for wearing over a brassiere and beneath clothing, said garmentbeing comprised of a deformable and non-elastic material such that saidgarment does not constrict when said garment is worn wherein saidgarment is configured to inhibit forming bulges on a user's torso thatmay be visible through the clothing; a pair of straps, each of saidstraps being coupled to said garment, each of said straps beingreleasably attached to a respective pair of brassiere straps to retainsaid garment on a user, said garment having a top end, a bottom end andan outer wall extending therebetween, said outer wall being continuouswherein said garment is configured to be worn around the user's torso,each of said straps extending upwardly from said top end and having adistal end with respect to said top end, said straps being spaced apartfrom each other and being aligned with a front side of said garment; apair of first fasteners, each of said first fasteners being coupled to arespective one of said straps; and a pair of second fasteners, each ofsaid second fasteners being coupled to a respective one of said straps,each of said second fasteners being spaced from said first fastener onsaid respective strap, each of said second fasteners releasably engagingsaid first fastener on said respective strap to retain each of saidstraps in a closed loop around the respective brassiere strap.